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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight W Schwark, Rochester, NY (US);
Yongcai Wang, Penfield, NY (US);
Charles C Anderson, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430529 ; 430527 ; 430536 ; 430961 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a photographic element which includes a support having a frontside and a backside, at least one silver halide emulsion layer superposed on the frontside of the support; and a protective overcoat layer superposed on the backside of the support. The protective overcoat layer is a mixture of a first vinyl polymer having an acid number of from 5 to 100 and a second vinyl polymer having an acid number of from 70 to 250 wherein the acid number of the second polymer is greater than the acid number of the first polymer.